Two businessmen shot in city

Shamsul Haq, 30, a leather trader of Hazaribagh, received wounds in his neck, ribcage, thigh and knee when criminals sprayed him with bullets at around 3:45pm.

"Four criminals stopped Shamsul near Gajmahal High School on his way to Hazaribagh from his house in a motorbike, and shot him four times," said Habibur Rahman, the victim's elder brother.

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Shamsul was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition.

In Ramna, two miscreants chopped Abul Kashem, 50, a businessman and contractor of Faridganj in Chandpur with machetes after sneaking into a room of Hotel Mrigaya on Topkhana Road at about 3:00pm.

The miscreants took away his mobile phone, a gold chain and some money before leaving the scene.

Hearing Kashem's screams, hotel staff went to the spot and found heavy bleeding from his wounds in head, ear and neck.

He was rushed to the DMCH.

In Rampura, five to six operatives of Kala Palash group went to the sanitary shop of one Abul Khair and beat his employee Mohammad Babul, 35, with GI pipes after he failed to give them Tk 2 lakh in illegal tolls.

"The criminals phoned the shop owner previous night and demanded the tolls saying they need the money to release their gang leader Kala Palash on bail," said Babul at the DMCH.